I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThere is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
Job
Wisdom / JobBut if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Acts
History / LukeThen thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.
Judges
HistoryAnd David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
Joshua
HistoryYour gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
James
General EpistlesFor the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
Acts
History / LukeTherefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Amos
Minor ProphetsThus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraRehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
Nehemiah
HistoryThen went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
Ruth
HistoryThy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesOf Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.